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Video shows a woman accused of obtaining a deed to a $4 million home in Raleigh try to get more information about the home she doesn’t own

RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — New details have surfaced in a debugger investigation in which a foreigner was able to obtain a deed of guarantee at a Raleigh man’s million-dollar home.

This stranger, Dawn Mangum, is facing criminal charges in this case and again tried to get more information about the house.

The Wake County Register of Deeds office provided video from inside its office, where Mangum can be seen walking in with documents in hand and walking up to the counter.

The office told ABC11’s Diane Wison that Mangum requested a title search on owner Craig Adams’ property and a certificate of marketable title on Adams’ home.

ABC11 first learned about Adams’ home in September after Mangum obtained a lien on his 8,300-square-foot home.

Mangum was charged days later with attempting to obtain property under false pretenses, where she pleaded not guilty in court.

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Prosecutors said Mangum filed a lien on Adams’ home in August with the Wake County Register of Deeds office. Adams said she learned Mangum received the deed on her behalf after the property management company for her HOA asked if she had sold her home because Mangum contacted them to get access to the gate because the home is in a private, gated community.

Adams said he believes Mangum’s goal was to hole up in his house.

When ABC11 spoke with Mangum before she faced a criminal charge, she said everything was done by law because she believed the property was in foreclosure; and she stated that she believes that by law you can reclaim an abandoned property. Once Mangum learned the property was not in foreclosure, she said she stopped all paperwork.

Adams said the foreclosure was noted on an online listing website, but it was a mistake and has been corrected.

After being charged criminally in September and released from jail in October, there are videos from Nov. 8 when Mangum returned to the Register of Deeds office and asked for more documents about Adams’ home. But the Wake County Register of Deeds office said what Mangum asked, his office doesn’t do, so he left.

The ABC11 Troubleshooter reached out to Mangum to ask why she did this, but she did not respond.

Adams told ABC11 that hearing that Mangum requested additional information about his home leaves him speechless and feeling even more violated. He said he is continuing his efforts to make sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else.

Adams said he has a meeting scheduled with representatives of the Wake County Register of Deeds office in December to see what can be done. He also filed a civil suit against Mangum as he asks a judge to rule the deed he filed on his home was fraudulent.

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